re: My assessment of footbal schedule 2010

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Miles is 51-15 in his 5 seasons at LSU.

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Yes, he inherited a powerhouse and rode it for three years to a 34-6 record. Mike Archer inherited a lesser powerhouse and rode it for two years to a record of 18-5-1. Smoke Laval inherited a powerhouse and rode it for a few years to a couple of CWS appearances and at least one SEC title. Bad coaches can have good records for a while when they're handed a team with with ridiculous talent and program momentum.

But, if they're bad coaches, then inevitably the winning percentage starts going down, like it did for Archer in his 3rd and 4th years, for Laval in his last two or three years, and for Miles (albeit to a lesser degree) in his 4th and 5th. Miles may not be as bad as Archer, and he certainly inherited a hell of a lot more than Archer did, but neither of them was as good a coach as their early-year records seemed to indicate. Over a period of two (in Archer's case) or three (in Miles' case) years, the great teams they inherited eroded away with graduation, etc., and they were forced to rely on teams they BUILT THEMSELVES instead of having handed to them. In both cases, the results were disappointing. Archer's last two years were probably a good indicator of how we would have continued to perform if he had stayed. The same (or worse) is true of Miles.

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.lets see if anyone else could win.....when they lose their starting quarterback and then have to start 2 freshmen......

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Teams lose their starting quarterbacks all the time. I would bet that the majority of regular starting quarterbacks in college football in any given year are in their 2nd year of starting or earlier. It's NORMAL to have a quarterback who hasn't started very much.

Besides, that would only explain 2008, if it explained anything. By 2009, with a whole season to develop someone, he should have been fine with a 2nd year starter just like the majority of teams have.

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Assuming the new starters are as good as the ones we lost, then yes, that's about the best you can say about our team. We have a "solid" defense. Not spectacular, not great, with a frustrating tendency to give up conversions on third and long or bend/break and give up a crucial late score (Alabama, Ole Miss, Penn State, Arkansas, Georgia), but "solid" enough not to give up 40-50 points to really good offenses. And that's what has to make up for one of the worst offenses in the country and a coach who is infamous for blunders in critical situations.

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Our defense will be the most improved. Why do you think we recruit top recruits year in and year out? PP and Claiborne will be a force to reckon with. Sam montgomery is a stud and we have nevis and shep holding down the middle of the defense. Add in all the depth at safety and the dline and i dont see how you cant be excited to see this d flying around in Atlanta. The d was shite in 08 got better in 09 and dont see any reason it wont be better in 10.

best case is 14-0

likely is 10-2. equally likely is 9-3.

worst case is 2-10.


Bama is not some juggernaut and neither is Florida.
LSU may beat either or both. I understand Bama will be favored and probably so will Florida be, given its a road game.
Still, LSU is good enough to beat anyone if they click.

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I tend to focus more on his SEC stats than his overall W-L record. When you do that, the picture isn't quite as pretty. When you throw in that he is a combined 1-8 against UF, Bama, Ole Miss, and Arky over the past 2 years, you can see why people are more than a little concerned about the direction that the program is heading

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Your right focus on his SEC numbers......he is only one game worse than the TD proclaim god and savior NICK SATAN.........really they have not beat FLA and BAMA in the last two years.....please provide some team that has a WINNING record against UF and BAMA over the last two years......losing to OLE Miss two years in a row is not great but we should have won this year but we had the infamous spike.......and miles admited he screwed up and fixed it for the arky game.


I know miles has slacked over the last two years but stop judging and see what he can do with an experience QB running the show. Has anyone in recent history had a QB running the show with less than a year in a half in their college career produce better than 9 wins other than TEBOW.......

Don't any of u remember Chris Leak his first yr. at Fla.

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I know miles has slacked over the last two years but stop judging and see what he can do with an experience QB running the show

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Which QB are you referring to?

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Don't any of u remember Chris Leak his first yr. at Fla.

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I agree chris leak at florida his freshmen year struggle too.......

Leak finished his freshman year with a Southeastern Conference record for a freshman going 6-3 as a starter

Well I figured out why our fanbase is in such a fuss.......Its because some people get NCAA 10 on PS3 or XBOX360 and they build a dynasty and LSU is the best so they all think they can do it in real life....give me a break the program is not in a decline we won two national championships in the last 8 years.....any program would love to win it once or even be close in that period.